Blogs / Miriam Kent
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17 Jun 11
Sentimental Sci-Fi – Fantasy Grows Up
With big-name directors and stars treading the waters of romantic and drama led sci-fi in recent years with films such as The Lovely Bones and The Time Travelers Wife, Miriam asks if this style of filmmaking is becomming a genre in its own right.
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9 Jun 11
Top Ten Controversial Horror Films
You’ve heard the buzz about the movie ‘The Human Centipede 2’. See where it all began by watching the first film on Syfy this weekend and in honour of the occasion Miriam has put together her list of the most controversial horror movies.
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4 May 11
Thor - Review
Thor is the latest addition to the cinematic Marvel Universe, attempting to directly translate the colossal comic to the screen. Though it offers nothing groundbreaking, the film is without question the best offering from Marvel Studios so far.
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28 Jan 11
Favourite Buffy Episodes – The Yoko Factor (S4, ep20)
Buffy season 4 is approaching its climax and Spike has perfected his verbal attacks, using them to bring down the Scoobies from within, plus Angel and Riley share a testosterone leak in the presence of Buffy.
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17 Jan 11
Favourite Buffy Episodes – Doomed (S4, ep 11)
Hush might be the glamour episode from Buffy season 4, but Miriam makes her case for episode 11, Doomed, in which Buffy and Riley reach an understanding while Spike realises he can inflict pain on demons.
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5 Dec 10
The Worst Movie I Ever Saw – Transformers 2
Sometimes you know a film is going to be bad such as when it cost $200 million, is directed by Michael Bay, contains people who can’t really act, and is based on a line of toys made for small children.
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22 Oct 10
Revisiting Tron
With Tron Legacy ready to devour the box office in December Miriam takes a look back at the impact of the original Tron and the legacy that the remake will have to live up to.
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24 Sep 10
Top 10 Buffy Monsters
Throughout the years, the makers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer provided us with a myriad of monsters, demons, ghouls and ghosts. Here’s Miriam's list of the scariest Buffy monsters.
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10 Sep 10
Cult Classic Reviews: Pumpkinhead
In many ways Stan Winston's Pumpkinhead is derivative of various 1980s horror cycles, but to write it off would be to underestimate the powers of both Winston and Lance Henriksen, writes Miriam.
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19 Aug 10
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Review
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is an action-packed fantasy film that reunites producer Jerry Bruckheimer with Nicolas Cage for the first time since, well, last year’s underwhelming G-Force.









